Boston College Law School Symposium on Constitution-Making and Constitutional Design October 31, 2014

Richard Albert Convenor

Keynote Address: Ran Hirschl, University of Toronto

Panel I: The Period Between Old and New Constitutions

Constitutionalism and Rule of Law cannot always easily be distinguished, since the Rule of Law is many times believed to be encompassing constitutionalism, judicial review, separation of powers, as well as a variety of governance structures. One way of looking at this, is that on the national level constitutions are mostly understood to be a necessary (though not sufficient) condition for a polity to be governed by the Rule of Law and constitutionalism. On the supra- or international level (e.g., the European Union, World Bank), where constitutions are absent or have a different shape, it are usually Rule of Law discourse and measures that are taken up to implement the values that are deemed necessary to establish a just political order.

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